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The Pleasing Hour by Lily King

The Pleasing Hour: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pleasing Hour runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Suzanne Toren (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.9listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Pleasing Hour at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.9 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,717 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Pleasing Hour is an audiobook by Lily King: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Suzanne Toren, released November 7, 2024, on the Coming of Age and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.9 hrs
Narrated by
Suzanne Toren
Released
November 7, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Coming of Age, Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781035051120

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Pleasing Hour as an audiobook?

The Pleasing Hour runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.

Is The Pleasing Hour free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Pleasing Hour?

The Pleasing Hour is narrated by Suzanne Toren.